Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-304) and index

Introduction -- Entries A to Z -- Entries by field -- Entries by country of birth -- Entries by country of major scientific activity -- Entries by year of birth -- Chronology

Designed for middle and high school students, A to Z of Scientists in Space and Astronomy is an ideal reference to notable male and female scientists in the field of space and astronomy, from antiquity to the present. Containing more than 150 entries and approximately 50 black-and-white photographs, this exciting volume in the Notable Scientists series emphasizes these scientists' contributions to the field as well as their effects on those who have followed. A general introduction explains who is included in the book and why, and several indexes list scientists by field of specialization, nationality, subject area, and chronology. A bibliography and an index round out this comprehensive reference. Entries include: Al-Battanni (Albatgenus), Aryabhata I, Tycho Brahe, Galileo Galilei, Stephen Hawking, Maria Margaretha Winkelmann Kirch, Leucippus, James Alfred Van Allen, Sarah F. Whiting

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